Former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has been released after being probed by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) in connection with an ongoing probe into alleged irregularities within the Scheme.
She was reportedly taken in for questioning on Friday, March 7, and briefly detained before securing her release on Saturday, March 8.
While details of her involvement remain unclear, sources suggest she may be recalled for further interrogation as the investigation unfolds.
The probe is said to focus on suspected malpractices, including a ghost names scandal at the NSS, though authorities have yet to provide an official statement on her role in the matter.
Previously, lawyers for Gifty Oware Mensah, the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), have refuted claims that she has absconded from Ghana following ongoing investigations into alleged financial irregularities within the National Service Scheme (NSS).
In a statement issued on Friday, 28 February 2025, and copied to Mynewsgh.com, her legal representatives, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners, clarified that their client remains a resident of Ghana and has no intention of relocating abroad.
“Our client wishes to put on record that she has not absconded from the Republic of Ghana contrary to the said reports. Indeed, she has no intention of relocating from Ghana.
“She was born and bred in Ghana and has no intention of taking up domicile in a foreign country,” the statement read.
The lawyers explained that Oware Mensah exercised her constitutional right to travel outside the country for a break after the 2024 general elections.
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